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<div class="textblock"><h2>Print the Name of a Type</h2>
<div class="fragment"><div class="line">printf(<span class="stringliteral">&quot;Type Name: %s&quot;</span>, reflect&lt;T&gt;().name.c_str());</div></div><!-- fragment --> <h3>Explaination</h3>
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<li><code>reflect&lt;T&gt;()</code> returns a <code>type_descriptor&lt;T&gt;</code> (an empty <code>TrivialType</code> describing <code>T</code>)</li>
<li><code>type_descriptor&lt;T&gt;::name</code> returns <code>const_string&lt;N&gt;</code> (<code>name</code> is a static member)</li>
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<li><code>type_descriptor&lt;T&gt;</code> is a <code>TrivialType</code> which describes <code>T</code>. Can be also created with <code>reflect&lt;T&gt;()</code>;</li>
<li><code>type_descriptor&lt;T&gt;::members</code> returns <code>type_list&lt;Ts...&gt;</code> (<code>members</code> is a static member of type <code>type_list&lt;Ts...&gt;</code> where each Ts... is either <code>field_descriptor&lt;T, I&gt;</code> or <code>function_descriptor&lt;T, I&gt;</code>)</li>
<li><code>member_descriptor_base&lt;T, I&gt;::name</code> returns <code>const_string&lt;N&gt;</code> (<code>name</code> is a static member)</li>
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